The ACES

The premium combination of start hands is pocket aces and pocket kings. Somewhere was written the chance to win pocket aces is 75%. It is a very good statistic, but also with aces you can lose.  More players playing on the table and calling this hand raise the chance to win a bigger pot; but reduce the chance to win the hand also.

You can play slow or aggressive; it’s only the question of how your opponents see their starting hands. My feeling about winning and losing pocket aces, that I ever played, is near 50:50. I would even say online possibility to win this hand is only 40%. Is it the best way to push all in with this hand? Not necessarilly… But it is the best way to say I lose the turn or  my tournament with the best possible start hand I could have. But once out of a tournament there is no way to come back!

Remember: “… any two cards can beat the aces…!”

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POCKET KINGS

K K is the second best starting hand in Hold’em Poker. This hand has also many nicknames, like "Cowboys", "Ace Magnets", “Kangaroos” or "King Kong". The Kings are a good possibility to win the hand if the flop comes Ace free. But it is a scary situation when the flop brings an Ace. The probability that an Ace appears in the flop is almost 20%. In any case the Kings have to be raised pre flop, because you can only be called by premium hands. After the flop you don’t have to give free cards. If there is an Ace on the flop, with a good bet you can find out if your opponents paired their Ace, in the other case (Ace free flop) you can be sure your opponents will fold or only call to see the turn and river. Whatever your opponents are doing, you will become the information you need for your next move.

Where are the nicknames coming from?

“Cowboys” - two cards with the strongest male picture.

“Ace Magnets” - Ace Magnets because the ace is the only card you don't want to see, but in the most of playing games you will J, that’s why it is a pessimistic expression of the fear that an ace will appear.

“Kangaroos“ and “King Kong” - because of the lettering (KK).

ACE ON THE RIVER

How many times have you lost your hand because of an ace on the river? It is really a jinx of the river card. You are miles ahead all the time pre flop, after dealt flop, also on the turn and then BOOM, here comes the ace on the river. Many players are playing their ace till the river especially online. They know the ace is coming! Statistically (I read at Wikipedia) it is almost a 35% possibility an ace is coming on the river.

Then why do I have the feeling it happens more often than the statistics say? It is only a subjective feeling, isn’t it? It is possible that the feeling of it really happening is very subjective. We remember more hands we played and lost than those we won. For example if you play pocket kings and there is an ace on the river, you lose your play and remember this. If you are playing the same hand and flop your third king and there is a player sitting with ace king and receives his ace on the river you win a big pot and after a few days you are no longer thinking about this hand…

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Dead mans hand

Every poker player knows the story about Wild Bill Hickok shot during a poker game holding two black aces and two black eighths called today “Dead man’s hand”.

The story didn’t give the answer what the fifth card was. The legend has different versions as to what the fifth card was. It’s possible he was shot before being dealt the fifth card, another story documents a queen of hearts on the floor with a drop of Hickok’s blood on it... Whatever the last card was we all know the “dead man’s hand” as two pairs of aces and eighths.

There are many theories about the dead shot, but we never will find out the true story!

The most truth can be found in the biographic book of  Frank J. Wilstach “Wild Bill Hickok: The Prince of Pistoleers” from 1926.

I made some designs for my poker T-shirt collection to reflect this legend (I like the story). Maybe you can help me deciding which is the best one. Please write a comment and let me know which one you like most!

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FREE ONLINE POKER

I found the next article at Blogs on www.pokernews.com:

http://blogs.pokernews.com/Marko777/gratis-poker-online.htm

It is about free gratis online poker. I dont have good experience with online free poker, there are many of donks and lucky players and this way, I believe, you cannot learn well and real poker!

What do you mean? What is your experience?

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POKER GIFTS

Are you looking for a birthday or Christmas gift? It is easy to find the right gift for a poker player. If he/she has been playing for a long time, you can be more or less sure he/she already has or at least read the poker books. It is possible also they have a lucky card protector, poker cards and poker chips. What can you offer as a present to a poker player? It has to be original, maybe even funny and personal.

The answer is a customized T-Shirt or original accessories like a cup, a button, maybe sexy underwear. You decide. You can find very original T-Shirts online here.  If you don’t like the combination but you like the design you can use the designs and choose your own T-Shirt and create your personal gift. Just go to www.spreadshirt.comclick the button to create your own Shirt, select the kind of present you want to design. Then go to the designs and search for “dasenka” in all categories. Now you have all my designs listed and you can use any one of them! On all of my designs you can change the color. Finally you can add a text, that you believe your poker friend likes and that’s all!

After ordering your creation you will receive it within the US in 4-8 days.

First have a look at existing Poker T-Shirts on my site at http://dasenka.spreadshirt.commaybe there is a shirt you like and it is the perfect gift for your friend. If you have any questions or special wishes send me an e-mail through my website.

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ONE TIME

This is one of the expressions you hear on the tables especially if you are watching the videos from WSOP Main Event. What does it mean and why do the players use it? I think they pray to a poker god. One time let me please win this hand, please let me win one time against a better start hand, one time I need a little bit more luck to win my hand, one time let me beat all others. But the question is, where is this poker god, who is it and how can he make it come true? Maybe it is not a poker god; maybe it’s only a personal poker angel, who is guarding over you…

Last time playing online poker, I was asked by a player how he can use the “one time” option. The answer was that he can write it into the chat. The nest question was where is the button for one time? You still don’t understand? The player explained it and said he is searching for this button because he thought he would receive a JOKER to win this hand. So One Time can be also misunderstood.

Dear players, there are no JOKER cards used in a texas hold’em poker game and you cannot use it!

How often have you already used your One Time? Certainly not only one time… If it does mean one time; why are we not using these two words only one time? How many times can we use it? Can we use it one time at the table, one time in the tournament or one time in our life? And does it help? Not necessarily and not every time! I think it is a superstition like Friday the 13^th or black cats or going under a ladder. So are you superstitious?

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